Garment construction



May 7, 1940- s. KANN GARMENT CONSTRUCTION Filed March 28, 1939 INVENTOR.

SYDNEY KANN TO NEYS Patented May 7, 1940 PATENT oer-ice GARMENT CONSTRUCTION Sydney Kann, Detroit,

Mich, assignor of onehalf to Clotilde Swan-tout, North Muskegon,

Mich.

Application March 28,

2 Claims.

This invention relates to garment construction, and particularly to the provision of improved means for detachably and reversibly fastening together the parts of garments, as for securing collars and/or ends to shirts and coats,

skirts to dresses, and the like. While illustrated in connection with shirt collars, it will be apparent that the invention is readily aplicable to reversible overcoat collars, cuffs and other fabric and garment construction such as reversible skirts for ladies suits and dresses, and in fact wherever it may be advantageous to provide for ready separation and/or reversal of parts.

An important object of the invention is to provide a novel assembly of slide fastener means, adapted to connect a collar or other removable portion of a garment or costume along a continuous, or substantially continuous line of attachment, which eliminates danger of partial separation or wrinkling, yet which allows reversal of the parts despite the fact that the individual slide fastener portions function in one direction only and are individually irreversible.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the following description, wherein reference is made to the accompanying drawing i1- lustrating a preferred embodiment of my invention and wherein similar reference numerals designate similar parts throughout the several views.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 shows in perspective, and partly broken away, the collar and adjacent portions of a shirt, having collar fastening means constructed in accordance with the present invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the collar, neck band and adjacent portions of the shirt, the neck band sections being shown separated but juxtaposed to indicate the manner in which the collar is attached.

Figure 3 is an enlarged elevational view of the abutting ends of the two slide fastening assemblies showing the reversed arrangement of the slide fasteners; and

Figure 4 is a vertical section taken substantially on the line 6-4 of Figure 1, andlooklng in the direction of the arrows.

Referring now to the drawing:

Reference character III designates generally the body of a shirt, the details of construction of which form no part of my present invention and accordingly will not be considered. A neck band section I2 is sewn to the top or yoke of the shirt in the usual or any desired manner. The neck band will be seen to be longitudinally divided, art

1939, Serial No. 264,630

upper section l3 being removably secured to the lower section 12 by means of a plurality ofslide fastener assemblies generally designated it, I'l Each slide fastener is of the well-known type popularly known as a zipper, consisting of a plurality of longitudinally spaced elements l9, having projecting ends adapted to interlock by nesting one within another, and movable to and from such interlocked relation by means of a slide member 20. Because of the cupped shape of the interfltting ends of the holding members of such slide fasteners, all such holding elements It must face in the same direction, and therefore it is not possible to reverse one set of holding elements with relation to the other, as by turning one of the fastened parts end for end with respect to the other. In the improved construction shown, the collar i5 is constructed so that it may be reversed, however, and folded in the opposite direction, so that either side of the collar may 20 be worn outermost, by providing a plurality of slide fastener assemblies of equal length, symmetrically arranged on either side of a centerline as 2|, the assemblies being of equal length and aligned with each other, and one assembly being carried by each of the separable neck band sections l2, l3.

In the shown construction two slide fastener assemblies are employed, facing in opposite directions, although it will be seen that a greater number of such assemblies can be used, and reversibility of the held parts similarly effected, provided only that alternate fastener assemblies face in opposite directions, and that an even number be used, symmetrically disposed on either side of a common center.

In the shirt construction shown, the slide fasteners are released when the slides are moved to the ends of the neck band, while in securing the collar in place, the sliders are moved toward the center. Preferably the slide fastener assemblies terminate a short distance from the center, so as to relieve the back portion and provide greater flexibility.

In attaching the collar to the neck band, a stiff pilot portion 22, carried at the outer end of the zipper or slide fastener assembly, is fitted into the slide, and into the end piece 23 carried by the lower neck band section. The slider is then moved toward the middle to fasten 50 one half of the collar, the operation being repeated for the opposite half. It will be seen that the symmetrical disposition of the parts allows the collar to be turned end for end, and applied with either side outermost, and that the collar is also made to be folded either way, as best shown in Figure 4.

I amaware that the invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the spirit or essential attributes thereof, and I therefore desire the present embodiment to be considered in all respects as illustrative and not restrictive; reference being had to the appended claims rather than to the foregoing description to indicate the scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. Means for detachably securing together the parts of a garment or the like, comprising a plurality of independently operable slide fastener assemblies arranged along a common parting line, facing in opposite directions with respect to a common center, conforming to each other in length, and disposed symmetrically with respect to said center, whereby, when said slide fastener assemblies are released, the held parts may be reversed end for end with relation to each other, and thereafter secured together in such reversed relation, and a collar adapted to be held by said securing means and constructed tobe folded in either direction, two of said slide fastener assemblies being provided, one extending from each end of the collar toward the center but each stopping short of the center thereof.

2. Means for detachably securing together the p rts of a garment or the like, comprising a plurality of independently operable slide fastener assemblies arrangedalong a common parting line,

' facing in opposite directions with respect to a common center, conforming to each other in length, and disposed symmetrically with respect separate the same.

SYDNEY KANN. 

